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Between the years 1996 and 2006, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) incrementally expanded recommendations for routine hepatitis A vaccination. In 1996, the ACIP recommended hepatitis A vaccination for children ≥2 years of age living in states with high rates of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection as well as for persons who had higher risk for infection complications and for outbreak control. In 1999, the ACIP recommendations were expanded to include vaccination for children ≥2 year of age living in states with average incidence rates that were greater than the national average. And in 2006, the ACIP recommended hepatitis A vaccinations for all children between 1 and 2 years of …